Dramatic Poem to Make the Audience Sleep

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=25% BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="0d1ad653.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="home page"><IMG SRC="0d2b51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="plays.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Complete List of Plays"><IMG SRC="0d3b51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Information Latest News"><IMG SRC="0d4b51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></FONT><A HREF="de_la_perra.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marco Antonio de la Parra"><IMG SRC="0d7b51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="ramos_perea.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Roberto RamosPerea"><IMG SRC="0d8b51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="sieveking.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alejandro Sieveking"><IMG SRC="0e2b51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="santana.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rodolfo Santana"><IMG SRC="0dab51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="rovner.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eduardo Rovner"><IMG SRC="0d9b51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="schmidt_huber.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guillermo Schmidhuber"><IMG SRC="0e1b51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="mn.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Maritza Núñez"><IMG SRC="123b51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="kardun.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mauricio Kartun"><IMG SRC="0d5b51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></FONT><A HREF="cpt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Message from the Host of Latin America"><IMG SRC="0deb51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="email.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Place an order / Contact Us"><IMG SRC="0dfb51f0.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="0cf5c5c3.gif"> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="102aad20.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> Dramatic Poem to Make the Audience Sleep</div> <div> <B>(</B><I><B>Obra para hacer dormir al público</B></I><B>)</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> AUTHOR: <A HREF="santana.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rodolfo Santana">Rodolfo Santana</A></div> <div> COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Venezuela</div> <bR> <div> translated by Prof. Charles Philip Thomas</div> <bR> <div> CAST: 3 men 1 woman Angels</div> <bR> <div> SCENIC REQUIREMENTS: A living room and den of a house. </div> <bR> <div> SYNOPSIS:</div> <bR> <div> The play utilizes resources to make the audience sleep: lullabies, the sound of rain, wind, the faraway sound of dogs barking, peaceful music. The proposed intent, as well, is to break with ``conflict,'' cornerstone of any dramatic work. Of course this segmenting leads to other levels of perception: serenity, for example. Angel Pérez's house (where he lives with his wife Carmen, Rosa his youngest daughter, and Esperanza who is a few months old baby) is besieged by God and his angels. Rosa leaves her home on a long voyage which will take her to Moscow, where she intends to gather a special kind of lettuce which is very nostalgic for her. The abundance of angels around the house and the continued appearances by God, make Carmen disclose a dream she had in which she was possessed by an extraordinary being. All this leads one to suppose that Esperanza, the baby, is the daughter of God, destined to change the planet. Angel, the father, thwarts this idea. He will bring up his baby and his love for Carmen will not stop. Between angels, the chirping of crickets and frogs croaking of frogs, strange rains of ambrosia and cloths, the spectators are carried off to sleep.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="404" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="148"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="148" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="98"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="98" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="148"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="148" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Other plays by <A HREF="santana.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rodolfo Santana">Rodolfo Santana</A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="touristt_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tourists Influence On The Incline Of The"><B>Tourists' Influence on the Incline of the leaning Tower of Pisa (</B></A><A HREF="touristt_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tourists Influence On The Incline Of The"><I><B>La influencia tourística en la inclinación de la Torre de Pisa</B></I></A><A HREF="touristt_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tourists Influence On The Incline Of The"><I>)</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="time_of_fire.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Time of Fire (Tiempo del Fuego) "><B>Time of Fire (</B></A><A HREF="time_of_fire.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Time of Fire (Tiempo del Fuego) "><I><B>Tiempo del Fuego</B></I></A><A HREF="time_of_fire.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Time of Fire (Tiempo del Fuego) "><B>) </B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="mensroom.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Mens Room (Baño de Caballeros) "><B>The Men's Room (</B></A><A HREF="mensroom.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Mens Room (Baño de Caballeros) "><I><B>Baño de Caballeros</B></I></A><A HREF="mensroom.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Mens Room (Baño de Caballeros) "><B>) </B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="looking.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Looking Into the Stands (Mirando al Tend">Looking Into the Stands (Mirando al Tendido)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="ladiesroom.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Ladies Room (Baño de Damas) ">The Ladies Room (Baño de Damas)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="never_lose.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Never Lose Your Head Over a Swedish Doll">Never Lose Your Head Over a Swedish Doll (Nunca entregues tu corazom a una muneca sueca</A></div> <div> <A HREF="never_lose.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Never Lose Your Head Over a Swedish Doll">)</A><A HREF="encounter.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=")Encounter in the Dangerous Park (Encuen">Encounter in the Dangerous Park (Encuentro en el parque peligroso)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="lost_angel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lost Angel in a Hostile City (Angel perd">Lost Angel in a Hostile City (Angel perdido en una ciudad hostil)</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>